American made tractors?
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Exactly... Well said.
Seems like a lot of people here have resided themselves to the notion that we have a global economy. Well, we don't have a global economy, not exactly, not yet. We are getting pretty close though. Lord help us when we get there because you cannot have a truly global economy without a global government. If you do not understand this then you better pull yourself away from your NASCAR long enough to figure it out (or deal with the consequences if you don't).
Sorry for the political rant but after this last farce of an election enough is enough. Wake Up!
An Old School American
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Hey Chris. You must be talking about Muncie and Anderson, Indiana. It's sad.
GM used to have so many factories in the area and employed so many people.
These towns had a lot of other industry too.
Muncie - Chevy, Delco-Remy, Borg-Warner, Westinghouse, Ball Brothers,
Owens-Illinois, Indiana Steel and Wire.
Anderson - Delco-Remy, Guide-Lamp
New Castle - Chrysler
These are just the ones I could remember from years ago. There were others. Now it's all gone. Literally, gone. The Chevy plant was torn down a couple of years ago. It was a fixture of Muncie for decades. Just rubble now. Owens-Illinois is just an old shell that stands dilapidated and falling down. Borg-Warner will be completely closed in the next year. I don't know what they will do with the plant. It is huge. I guess it will just get dozed or maybe sit idle like the Westinghouse plant. When the Westinghouse plant was built it was voted as one of the 10 best manufacturing plants in the U.S.; it is a mamoth place. It has been sitting empty now for probably at least 15 years.
So Chris, you are in Daleville? Did you grow up there? I don't live in Indiana anymore but I grew up in Daleville until 7th Grade then moved to Yorktown. My dad taught for 27 years at Daleville. If you grew up there you probably had him in class.
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Hey Chris. You must be talking about Muncie and Anderson, Indiana. It's sad.
GM used to have so many factories in the area and employed so many people.
These towns had a lot of other industry too.
Muncie - Chevy, Delco-Remy, Borg-Warner, Westinghouse, Ball Brothers,
Owens-Illinois, Indiana Steel and Wire.
Anderson - Delco-Remy, Guide-Lamp
New Castle - Chrysler
These are just the ones I could remember from years ago. There were others. Now it's all gone. Literally, gone. The Chevy plant was torn down a couple of years ago. It was a fixture of Muncie for decades. Just rubble now. Owens-Illinois is just an old shell that stands dilapidated and falling down. Borg-Warner will be completely closed in the next year. I don't know what they will do with the plant. It is huge. I guess it will just get dozed or maybe sit idle like the Westinghouse plant. When the Westinghouse plant was built it was voted as one of the 10 best manufacturing plants in the U.S.; it is a mamoth place. It has been sitting empty now for probably at least 15 years.
So Chris, you are in Daleville? Did you grow up there? I don't live in Indiana anymore but I grew up in Daleville until 7th Grade then moved to Yorktown. My dad taught for 27 years at Daleville. If you grew up there you probably had him in class.
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Forget when the plant was BUILT. Buick City in Flint was rated one of the top 10 plants GM had when it was CLOSED.
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And Oshawa is in the same boat. Highest quality, and looks like it's fate is sealed.
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No, moved here in 1996. I was born and raised in Connersville, IN. Not doing much better with Ford pulling out last year. Times are tough around here. The counties surrounding my home are drug infested, crime infested, and worse yet full of unemployment. There is a murder every few days, businesses get robbed every day, and moral keeps going down.
You got out while the getting was good.
Chris
You got out while the getting was good.
Chris
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No. If you are talking about New Holland Fords they are made by Fiat I believe.
Chris
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Now is the perfect time for $1+ fuel tax to force the American consumer to prefer economy cars permanently.[/QUOTE]
Now that's what I want--send the thieves in Washington some more of my money.
Its already time for another tea party in my view. How about a tax on politicians to "force" them to obey the Constitution???? Or maybe a tax on those charlatans for the inflation they and the fed create??
Now that's what I want--send the thieves in Washington some more of my money.
Its already time for another tea party in my view. How about a tax on politicians to "force" them to obey the Constitution???? Or maybe a tax on those charlatans for the inflation they and the fed create??
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This was my posting. I want this to replace another tax, not be a new tax. The reason boils down to change the majority of American consumers desires to a constant demand for economical cars. I believe the auto industry (foreign and domestic) builds and sells what the market desires. I don't believe the auto industry builds SUVs, therefore the market wants SUVs. I believe this would have good long term effects (several years), but suck in the short term.
MessickFarmEqu
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Owned by Fiat. They don't have much to do with the equipment other than holding the purse strings.
